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Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. | Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. It is inspired by Turkish and Indonesian, but some English characteristics have accidentally slipped in. | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
m n ny ng | {| class="wikitable" | ||
p t c k< | |- | ||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''labial''' | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''dental''' | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''palatal''' | |||
< | | style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''velar''' | ||
i ı u< | |- | ||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''nasal''' | |||
| m | |||
| n̪ <n> | |||
| ɲ <ny> | |||
| ŋ <ng> | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''stop''' | |||
| p b | |||
| t̪ d̪ <t d> | |||
| t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ <c j> | |||
| k g | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''fricative''' | |||
| f | |||
| s <s> | |||
| ʃ <ş> | |||
| h | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''approximant''' | |||
| w | |||
| l̪ <l> | |||
| j <y> | |||
| (ɰ) <ğ> | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''tap''' | |||
| | |||
| ɾ <r> | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | | |||
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''front''' | |||
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''central''' | |||
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''back''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''close''' | |||
| i | |||
| | |||
| ɯ u <ı u> | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''mid''' | |||
| ᴇ <é> | |||
| ə <e> | |||
| ꭥ <o> | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''open''' | |||
| | |||
| ᴀ <a> | |||
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|} | |||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order. | Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order. | ||
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While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-. | While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-. | ||
== The Cat and the Bird == | == The Cat and the Bird == | ||
'''Maye fe céfod icégğu'm dıjun ag lejiğ nofé oyeny.'''<br> | |||
[ˈ majə fə t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ um̥ dɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ äʔ l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː n̪o̞ˈ fe̞ ˈ o̞jɛɲ]<br> | |||
cat and bird persimmon=ACC tree ABL eat ATR want<br> | |||
''A cat and a bird both wanted to eat persimmons from a tree.''<br> | |||
'''Céfod feyefdıjun mu aweng fe icégğu mu lejiğ.'''<br> | |||
[t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ fɛjʌfd̪ɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ mu ˈ ɑwʌŋ̊ fə it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ u mu l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː]<br> | |||
bird treetop ACC fly and persimmon ACC eat<br> | |||
''The bird flew to the top of the tree and ate all the persimmons.''<br> | |||
'''Maye fonşow hefyet fe buju mu ngıre.'''<br> | |||
[ˈ majə fo̞n̠̊ˈ t̠ʃo̞w həfˈ jət̪ fə buˈ d̠ʒu mu ˈ ŋɯ̟ɾə]<br> | |||
cat see IPFV and anger ACC go<br> | |||
''Seeing this, the cat became angry.''<br> | |||
'''"Ngi a ngi aweng," mu tiğ ngége, "yo mu lejiğem hetıtajığ!"'''<br> | |||
[ŋi ä ŋi ˈ ɑwʌŋ̊ mu t̪iː ˈ ŋe̞gə jo̞ mu l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː.əm̥ hʌt̪ɯ̟t̪äˈ d̠ʒɯ̟ː]<br> | |||
if 1sg if fly ACC 3sg say 2sg ACC eat-COND instead<br> | |||
''"If I could fly," it said, "I would eat you instead!"''<br> | |||
'''Déğé-héj yişiny şoduğ dıjun-pisre'g ice.'''<br> | |||
[d̪e̞je̞ˈ he̞t̠ʃ jiˈ ʃiɲ̊ ʃo̞ˈ d̪uː d̪ɯˌd̠ʒum̥ˈ pisɾəʔ ˈ it̠ʃə]<br> | |||
just.then mouse large bush=ABL run<br> | |||
''Just then a large mouse darted out from a bush.''<br> | |||
'''Céfod ığuş, jél maye tiğ mu rağol déğé.'''<br> | |||
[t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ ɯˈ ɰuʃ d̠ʒe̞l̪̥ ˈ majə t̪iː mu ɾɑːo̞l̪ d̪e̞ˈ je̞]<br> | |||
bird attack but cat 3sg ACC catch now<br> | |||
''The bird lunged for it, but the cat had already caught it.'' | |||